Akhmed Chatayev, the suspected organiser of Tuesday’s Istanbul Ataturk airport terrorist attack which claimed the lives of at least 44 people and left hundreds other injured, had the status of a political refugee in Bulgaria. This was stated by his lawyer in Bulgaria, Veselin Georgiev, in an interview for private bTV station on Friday....

Canada will deploy 1,000 soldiers in Latvia to one of four battalions NATO is assembling in Eastern Europe in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, reported AFP Thursday via Canadian media. …read more Source:...

Today the Netherlands hands over the reins of the EU Council presidency to Slovakia. The challenges at hand could not be more consequential: the EU structures are being undermined by the popular revolt that has moved beyond symbolism and fringes of the society. The next six months will therefore be crucial in setting the tone with which the EU...

Canada will deploy 1,000 soldiers in Latvia to one of four battalions NATO is assembling in eastern Europe in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea. Along with the US, Britain and Germany, Canada will put together a high-readiness brigade. The Canadians will join a total of 4,000 soldiers NATO is deploying to the Baltic States and...

The Netherlands’ presidency of the European Union has come to an end. From today Slovakia is the new president. On Thursday EU council president Donald Tusk thanked Prime Minister Mark Rutte for the term, which which was not the easiest time to be president, with the asylum crisis, the Ukraine referendum and the Brexit referendum to deal...

With US, UK and Germany, Canada will lead a high-readiness brigade of Nato’s enhanced presence in EuropeCanada will deploy 1,000 soldiers in Latvia to one of four battalions Nato is assembling in eastern Europe in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea, Canadian media reported Thursday.Along with the US, Britain and Germany, Canada...

Russia’s permanent representative to NATO Alexander Grushko has said that NATO’s military build-up in the Black Sea region will force Moscow “to take additional precautions”, according to TASS. If NATO continued to increase its strength in the Black Sea region, particularly“through the involvement of non-Black Sea countries, this will...

Bulgaria’s President Rosen Plevneliev reaffirmed the country’s support for Ukraine’s European future during a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Sofia on Thursday. Poroshenko is paying a one-day official visit to Bulgaria, the first by a Ukrainian head of state in 15 years. Bulgaria welcomes the reforms...

Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine in 2014 about 160,000 people came to Belarus. Since then around 1,600 people or 1% have applied to the UNHCR Office for subsidiary protection. …read more Source:...